Audiobook39 minutes
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
Written by Jean Fritz
Narrated by Jean Fritz
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
A new idea always in his mind, Ben Franklin's joy of living, his humor and ingenuity capture children's attention and spark their interest in American history.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jean Fritz does her lively and weird biography of colonial American very nicely. Margot Tomes' illustrations go well with the text. They have an Edward Goreyish quality, no smiles. There are endnotes that give more detail about Franklin's life, such as the whole story of why he broke his apprenticeship and ran away to New York and then to Philadelphia.The book makes use of an unwieldy apprenticeship metaphor, in which the American colonies are likened to a mistreated apprentice, which is mature and ready to set up on its own but which is prevented by mean-spirited Britain.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It is an excellent book. I learned so much and it also kept my 8yr old son's attention.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sometimes learning the history of particular people can be boring, but it is in the curriculum for students to learn. While learning about the great inventor Benjamin Franklin, this book would b a great way to bring some fun into learning. Great ideas were formed from Ben and it allows students to know that they too can dream and create things from their minds.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5What's the Big Idea...Ben Franklin is written by Jean Fritz. This is about the life story of Ben Frankin. About his many ideas and inventions.This book is a great story about Ben franklin. I did not know that he had gave so much to America through his ideas and inventions. He had so many great ideas.I would like to read this book to my students. I think they would like this book and get ideas of their own. I could have my students write me a paper about something they would want to invent.